Best Multimedia Story Package (Enrollment Division 4)Back
Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Naperville Central High School Entry Title: Campus or career? How rising costs and shifting priorities are cutting college enrollment across Illinois Entry Credit: C.J. Getting Judge Comment: good illustration; good info graphics and citing source of same; good layout, nicely written; thorough in coverage. Well done
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Glenbard West High School Entry Title: Celebrating a Long and Successful Career: One-on-One with Coach Hezlet Entry Credit: Garrett French Judge Comment: Good flow of interview; good capturing the essence of the story; needed to make sure coach was on mic equally--
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Niles West High School Entry Title: Political Protests At Union Park: United in Dissent & Divided in Cause Entry Credit: Fiona Rae Judge Comment: good photos; story flowed; told of different aspect of convention. Watch how you label groups--some terms have connotations
Place Name: Honorable Mention Contestant Name: Niles West High School Entry Title: Niles West Student Journalists Attend the Democratic National Convention Entry Credit: Aishah Khan, Hannah Kucharik, Fiona Rae, Morgan Warner-Mackey Judge Comment: good opportunity for students--should fact check your writing--JD Vance was not the governor of Ohio. Press shouldn't be the story--photos of journalist doing what journalist do shouldn't be the story--it's about the event that you are covering--
Place Name: Honorable Mention Contestant Name: Naperville Central High School Entry Title: Youth voices amplified Entry Credit: C.J. Getting, Jay Deegan, Sarah Segvich Judge Comment: great opportunity for student journalist, but need to be journalist. You piece lacked flow--first para should set up the entire piece--
